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In this Dragon NaturallySpeaking tutorial, I show how to format a column in Microsoft Excel using speech recognition.

While working with Microsoft Excel, you may be required to format a column, for example, if the column contains a specific type of data such as dates or a dollar amount. To achieve this using Dragon Naturally Speaking, first bring up the format column dialogue box using the command "Format Column". Now you can navigate and choose any particular options using different Dragon Naturally Speaking commands.

The most convenient way to navigate is to simply say the name of the option. For example, you can simply say "Currency" to select the currency option. There is one particular case in which this may not work. In Microsoft Excel, the option "Number" is located within the tab also called as "Number". Dragon Naturally Speaking will then just go to the tab but will not navigate to the option because it has no way of determining whether the user wanted to go to the tab or to the option. To avoid the confusion, you can use the commands "Move down/up x line ".

A faster way to navigate is to use Knowbrainer 2017 command - "Display Numbers". This will display a number over each clickable item and then you can simply choose a particular item by saying the number displayed over it.

Here is a YouTube video that explains how to format a column in Microsoft Excel 2010 with Dragon NaturallySpeaking premium 13 :

About Dragon NaturallySpeaking:

Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the most popular speech recognition software on PC.

Dragon Dictate / Dragon For Mac is the counterpart of Dragon NaturallySpeaking on Apple Macintosh computers.

Windows:

At the time of writing this blog post, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Individual 15 is the recommended version for most users. However, I continue to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking premium 13) (approximately $100) because of version 15 incompatibility with Natlink. If your needs are limited to email and web surfing, then you may just want to purchase Dragon naturally speaking home 13 (about $ 50) .

Mac:
Dragon professional for Mac is the recommended version (costs around $ 300) .

You can download the appropriate version directly from the company's web store from the links below. (They usually run discounts once every month so you can be on the lookout for the deals from the online store and purchase accordingly)

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